iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
| 11/5 Some places in the US have 11/5+ internet connections. Problem is, as far as I can tell, they're limited to either super-expensive Level3 et al powred business fiber or one of the following:
1. That one ISP in California. Yaknow, the one selling gigabit for $245 a month?
2. Various small FTTH projects like GreenLight, FTTH (what their name is I'm not sure)...and that one up north
3. FiOS
4. OOL
The above do not have coverage everywhere, and their 11+/5+ tier costs $60+ per month in most cases. Again, the rural problem and corporate greed play in here. I cannot get an 11/5 connection from a residential ISP here. I can get what's supposed to be 5/5 from a wireless comapny for $60 but I'm not sure whether they can deliver. Cable would be $90 for a connection that'd break 11 Mbps down (16 Mbps...on 8 Mps right now) and I live literally across the street from my school that has an OC3 running into it. That OC3 heads down the highway a few dozen miles to the Midwest's internet hub (yep, Denver) but I could get better download speeds in the middle of Kentucky.
Yes, the US has internet, in select areas, that can stand up to next yearr's applications, it just ain't here. Or there, for that matter. Or anywhere except a few big cities. Denver doesn't even have consumer broadband that gets above 2 Mbps up (or, in real life, 17 Mbps down...for $110 a month!). Ridiculous? Uh huh. |
